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High School Kicker Uses Refs Head to Score Extra Point
High School Kicker Uses Refs Head to Score Extra Point
High School Kicker Uses Refs Head to Score Extra Point
Never saw anything like this in all the years I have been watching football. This past Friday night during the Midland Lee Rebels football game, kicker Luis Arenda used the referees head to help him kick an extra point. It hit the refs head, then the crossbar, then went through the uprights for the point. Check it out!
Former President Bush Rides for Wounded Warriors
Former President Bush Rides for Wounded Warriors
Former President Bush Rides for Wounded Warriors
Former President, George W. Bush, started his annual 100K, or 62 miles, bike ride to support wounded vets. The ride kicked off Thursday, April 30th from his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
120 Pound Woman Eats 13 Pounds of Steak in 20 Minutes
120 Pound Woman Eats 13 Pounds of Steak in 20 Minutes
120 Pound Woman Eats 13 Pounds of Steak in 20 Minutes
How could a 120 pound woman and mother of four, eat 13 pounds of steak in 20 minutes? Molly Schuyler was up against football players and wrestlers to see who could eat as many pounds of steak you could in an hour.
Man Cashes in 500 Pounds of Pennies
Man Cashes in 500 Pounds of Pennies
Man Cashes in 500 Pounds of Pennies
There are all kind of sayings about pennies. ‘A penny saved is a penny earned’. ‘See a penny pick it up all day long you’ll have good luck’. Kids today don’t seem to think a penny is worth having, but I still remember saving them when I was young.
Texas Longhorns Need a Spelling Lesson
Texas Longhorns Need a Spelling Lesson
Texas Longhorns Need a Spelling Lesson
Texas Longhorns football is not getting off to good start so far this year as several players had to be kicked off the team and, to top it all off, the word Texas, was misspelled on the official Texas Longhorn website. At the footer of several players’ biographies, there were 32 misspellings on the website.
16 Year Old Girl Survives Parachute Jump When Her Chute Fails to Open
16 Year Old Girl Survives Parachute Jump When Her Chute Fails to Open
16 Year Old Girl Survives Parachute Jump When Her Chute Fails to Open
16 year old Makenzie Wethington of Joshua, Texas is one lucky girl. She survived a skydiving outing when her parachute malfunctioned from 3,500 feet. It was her first jump, a dream she had always had, but her parachute didn’t open. It got tangled and Makenzie plummeted to the ground.
World Record Gingerbread House in Texas
World Record Gingerbread House in Texas
World Record Gingerbread House in Texas
Bryan, Texas, 90 miles northwest of Houston, is the home of the Guinness World Records gingerbread house. The house broke the record for a confectionary construction.  It covers 2,520 square feet, about the size of a tennis court, and is 21 feet high and has 35.8 million calories.
North Texas Town Offers Target Practice From a Helicopter
North Texas Town Offers Target Practice From a Helicopter
North Texas Town Offers Target Practice From a Helicopter
Could it get any cooler, target practice from a helicopter! Dan Claassen of Helicopter Sniper Adventures in North Texas has taken target practice to the extreme. For $795 a fire-flight fight is available that includes a safety class, awards ceremony and a free lunch. Claassen says the flights are about 15 minutes but it’s long enough to get off about 500 rounds.
Texas Explosion [UPDATE]
Texas Explosion [UPDATE]
Texas Explosion [UPDATE]
Rescue workers are searching rubble for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town that killed as many as 15 and injured more than 160. The blast left the factory a smoldering ruin and leveled homes and businesses for blocks in every direction...